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Half an hour gone, Derby 0 Villa 2. I can't wait for this god-awful season to end, roll on 2009!

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We get SmackDown! before you guys for some reason, but man, during the interview segment, Michael Cole looks like he's put a lot of weight on.

Then make me a mod. I work in IT - put me in computer/tech. It's not like I'm not there already at work being bored. I'm also an IT teacher. Throw in that we could always use another English mod..

Ah, my apologies.

I wont make a new topic for this, but since I havent seen it posted anywhere, this is a fancam of what happened on the Flair appreciation night, after the show went off the air with Taker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWubfIKUPY

When Raw went HD I imagine. And Regal seems to be roughly 70/30 heel to face ratio.

No reaction to this CT segment.

Bit of a fuck up by the ref there, made Carlito leave the ring because he didnt see a tag, but then didnt let him LEAVE the ring until he tagged out.

Who else is left to face these guys? Cryme Time? Edit: Carlito and Santino!

Bugger, I was hoping saying that would mean we'd not have to see Cena wrestle tonight. Was wondering why this match was on this early though.

I like how HHH had to earn it, and Cena just asks for it.

SUPERMAN IS HERE!

Oh this was great, JBL and WWE Champion Randy Orton both, BOTH, got the jobber entrance. They were announced while HHH's music played and he was posing!

So what's Umaga's next fued? Jericho?

Val gets a full entrance!

Orton vs John... Bradshaw Layfield. Triple threat with HHH then?

I don't mean the one where he goes over the ropes, I mean where Hogan smashes him head first agaisnt the turnbuckle, like people usually do in 10's. And he just bounces off the bottom rope backwards.

In full JR getup? You mean, he dressed normally and just wore a hat?

Heh. The head against the top turnbuckle's the best one.

1. Do you think WWE properly handled the storyline for this match? Unfortunately, when you get two wrestlers that have the ego of that of Michaels and Hogan, it's hard to take the storyline 100% in the direction you want to. However, due to the obvious direction it was going, it was just a case of 'when' and not 'if' Michaels turned on Hogan, but credit where it's due, the storyline leading up with Michaels and Hogan and also Cena adding to it, when the turn did happen it was top stuff. Everything after the turn was a fresh breath from Michaels, as a natural heel he's excellent. 2. Do you think Shawn Michaels' overselling helped or hindered the match? In a way, it hindered the match, because if you ask me what I remember about this match, the first thing i'll tell you is Michaels' hilarious overselling of nearly everything. It does add to a fun little match though, as the match itself wasn't anything special, Michaels overacting was pretty comical and made, for me, the match watchable. So I guess it takes away and adds to the match. 3. Has this match affected the way you look at either Hogan or Michaels as workers or as people? Not really, as i'd always known that Hogan was difficult to work with and that Michaels wasn't unknown to take things into his own hands. 4. What impact, if any, do you think this match has had on their legacies? Hogan no, as when I think about Hogan's legacy I never take into account post 2002. As for Michaels, it was something else to see him take the match into his own hands, like he also did when HHH tore his quad again, which in todays WWE world you dont really see, wrestlers are programmed to finish the match the way it was originally planned out. Further more, ever since this match with Hogan, Michaels changed my opinion of him greatly, as a die-hard Bret Hart fan i'd never had time for Michaels, but i've been a big fan ever since his 2005 run, so I guess in a way, this match did begin that, but wasn't directly influcing it. 5. Will we see another match between two wrestlers of this caliber (popularity wise) again? Have we seen one already,perhaps? We're going to get people bringing up the whole Austin/Hogan and Michaels/Rock debate here, but I guess realistically, it'll be Michaels/Undertaker at WrestleMania. I'd buy a ticket to that one.

Franchise Raper? Change that damn name.

Disco Inferno's music video where he's photoshopped into Konnan's video. I laughed so hard at that. Someone show me it on youtube or dailymotion or anything and i'll be a very very very happy person.

You can't really use that logic.. that way, the IC title had a brand new lineage when Austin threw it in the river.